THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 25, 1996 TAG: 9604250404
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NEWPORT NEWS LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
Police have charged a 58-year-old man with murder and a weapons violation in the shooting death of a man whose body was found Tuesday in a roadside ditch in neighboring Hampton.
James R. Rankin of 31st Street in Newport News was arrested on Wednesday. He is being held in the Newport News City Jail on $150,000 bond.
Police allege Rankin killed Kenneth F. Powell, 30, in a dispute over money at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. No home address was available for Powell.
Powell's body, bearing several gunshot wounds, was found beside Salters Creek Road in Hampton.
KEYWORDS: MURDER SHOOTING by CNB